Lucian
My advice would be that if your images are purely decorative, then no 'accessible alternative' content is required.
There might be an argument for saying that "Picture of Ruby Kavanagh, Principal..." is content rather than decoration, but it is a judgement call, not a fixed rule.
We have covered this topic and more recently 'display:none and screen readers' over at www.accessifyforum.com.
Kind regards
Andy Clarke www.malarkey.co.uk www.karova.com
<snip>As they serve no informational (arguably) purpose, can I leave the divs blank, or should I insert a span that would do a display:none, which some have said does nothing for accessibility either?</snip>
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